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BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2006

Group asks YouTube to make copyright detector

A Japanese entertainment group has asked the popular video-sharing site YouTube Inc. to come up with a system that will prevent users from uploading videos that would infringe on copyrights, a group spokesman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2006

Murakami knew of Livedoor's NBS plan: Miyauchi

Ryoji Miyauchi played the role of star witness for the prosecution Friday on Day 2 of Yoshiaki Murakami's insider trading trial.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2006

Murakami knew of Livedoor's NBS plan: Miyauchi

Ryoji Miyauchi played the role of star witness for the prosecution Friday on Day 2 of Yoshiaki Murakami's insider trading trial.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2006

KDDI won October subscriber war

KDDI Corp. appears to have benefited the most from the mobile phone number portability service introduced Oct. 24 to allow people to switch phone companies without changing their numbers.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2006

Sony battery in Japan laptop sparks

Kyodo News A Sony Corp. lithium-ion battery pack short-circuited in a Fujitsu Ltd. notebook computer, sending out sparks that burned the user's hand, a Fujitsu spokesman said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2006

Weaker, yen energy gains charge up Marubeni profits

Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Friday that its group net profit for the first half of fiscal 2006 jumped 72 percent year-on-year to 65.6 billion yen, led by robust earnings in its energy business and the yen's depreciation against other currencies.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2006

Sony profit dives 94% in quarter

Sony Corp.'s group net profit for the July-September quarter took a 94.1 percent nosedive from the previous year due the massive global recalls of its defective lithium-ion batteries and sluggish sales in its gaming division, the company announced Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2006

WOWOW to give programs to SKY PerfecTV channel

Satellite broadcaster WOWOW Inc. will start supplying programs to SKY PerfecTV on Dec. 1, the two companies said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2006

Sony's battery fiasco a symptom of bigger woes at legendary firm

It was a fine day at Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 16 when a passenger's ThinkPad laptop, containing a Sony Corp. battery already recalled by other companies, was suddenly wreathed in smoke and started emitting sparks.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2006

Recent ills involving Sony goods

August 2006 -- Sony lithium ion batteries installed in computers of Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. may potentially overheat and catch fire. Other major computer makers subsequently announce the same problem with their Sony batteries.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2006

Toshiba's Westinghouse takeover is nearly done

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it expected to complete its takeover of Westinghouse Electric Co., the U.S. producer of atomic power plant equipment, by the end of the month.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2006

Keidanren, Itochu chiefs on economic policy panel

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has named the head of the nation's most influential business lobby, the chief of a major trading house and two university economists to his key economic policy-setting panel, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said Friday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 26, 2006

Notary publics, free legal advice

Notary public K. thinks he has seen this question in Lifelines before, but he can't remember the answer.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2006

BTM UFJ hit over money laundering

U.S. financial authorities are contemplating imposing an administrative punishment on the U.S. units of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ for its allegedly lax monitoring against money laundering, sources said Saturday.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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